India’s Police Detain Opposition Leaders As Farmers’ Agitation Grows

The agitation of India’s farmers has increasingly rattled the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


Tabaré Vázquez, Former President of Uruguay, Dies at 80

Dr. Vazquez was also a practicing physician who specialized in oncology and pushed some of the toughest anti-tobacco rules in the region.


How to Pretend You’re in Dakar Today

The Senegalese capital has an aura that seeps into the soul. Bustling and addictive, it makes you want to stick around.


Here’s Why Vaccinated People Still Need to Wear a Mask

The new vaccines will probably prevent you from getting sick with Covid. No one knows yet whether they will keep you from spreading the virus to others — but that information is coming.


U.K. Coronavirus Vaccine: Side Effects, Safety, and Who Gets It First

The mass inoculation campaign that began in Britain on Tuesday has little precedent in modern medicine.


Coronavirus Vaccine: Side Effects, Safety, Cards and Who Gets It First


First Briton to be vaccinated: ‘If I can have it at 90, then you can have it, too!’


Your Tuesday Briefing

The first day of Britain’s coronavirus vaccinations.


Armed Mexicans Were Smuggled In to Guard Border Wall, Whistle-Blowers Say

In a complaint unsealed on Friday, whistle-blowers working on President Trump’s wall said that contractors were illegally bringing in Mexican guards to protect construction sites.


Supreme Court Hears Holocaust Survivors’ Cases Against Hungary and Germany

The justices struggled to decide whether a 1976 law that bars most suits against other nations allows Jewish victims to sue over the theft of their property.